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[[Category:Battles|Cannanore, Battle of]] | |||
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cannanore, Battle of]] | |||
{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
|partof=[[ | |partof=[[2nd Mysore War]] | ||
|date= | |date=14 December 1783 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala] | ||
|presidency=[[ | |presidency=[[Madras]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11. | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.855300°N 75.361615°E] | ||
|result=British victory | |result=British victory | ||
|territory= | |territory= | ||
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] | |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] | ||
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101064087/ General Norman MacLeod] | ||
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan] | |||
|strength1= | |strength1= 42nd & 100th Regiments<br> Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1= | ||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Biographies == | |||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/265/mode/1up Norman MacLeod (1754-1801)]<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/424/mode/2up Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)]<br> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GwwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA103&dq=General+MacLeod&as_brr=1&ei=_nkhSLb1FaXEyASOjdXCDQ#PRA1-PA104,M1 Google Books - Capture of Cannanore]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore - Gazetteer 1857] | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469 | Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469 | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 26 February 2010
| Capture of Cannanore | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 2nd Mysore War | ||
| Date: | 14 December 1783 | |
| Location: | Kannur, Kerala | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 11.855300°N 75.361615°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Kingdom of Mysore | |
| Commanders | ||
| General Norman MacLeod | Tipu Sultan | |
| Strength | ||
| 42nd & 100th Regiments Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers |
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| Casualties | ||
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Norman MacLeod (1754-1801)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)
External Links
Heritage History - Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War
Google Books - Capture of Cannanore
Cannanore - Gazetteer 1857
Recommended Reading
Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469